Do you match your makeup to your outfit?
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Do you match your makeup to your outfit? Vice versa? Share!
I match my outfit to my makeup, haha. I usually do my look and end up changing my outfit!
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not really matching, more like complementing involving matching now and then lol but yeah I gotta do my makeup so it goes well with my outfit :D
OMG I used to do this in High School! But that was when I was wearing loud, bright colours and acid and flouro clothes! Yikes!
I try to match the theme of my outfit rather than the colors themselves. Like neutrals for work, bright colors for bright clothes. But I'm more likely to do contrasting colors, like if I'm wearing teal, I like to do orange eye looks. Subtle ones, but orange.
sometimes I do, some others I want it to contrast!!! depends on the mood and jewelry, witch I love as well
I match my makeup sometimes. But I actually wear a lot of neutral colors, so most of the time my makeup is matching some sort of colorful accessory I'm sporting.
I definitely don't match. I "compliment" as someone else said on here. I think too matchy-matchy looks tacky.
I don't match my makeup to my outfit, mostly because I wear all black to work, but I do match my makeup to my hair accessory. I'm weird.
I try on a thousand different outfits BEFORE I put on my makeup. I like for things to coordinate lol
Not usually - I like my makeup to compliment and enhance me, so I look pretty no matter what I'm wearing (or not, LOL!) though I have been known to have a pop of bright eyeliner that contrasts or matches my outfit. If I have really dramatic makeup I tend to stick with black or something neutral, instead of matching. But to each their own!
mostly unless I'm wearing red...then that get a little scary to me so then I go neutral or lightly smokey maybe.
i usually always wear natural shades of makeup, but i will still match the tones of my outfit to my makeup. it's not really something i think about anymore. i just get dressed and after while i'm putting on makeup i kind of just know what shades to use and how much makeup to wear.
Yes! I at least make them complimentary. If I am wearing toned down neutral clothes, I make kick up the make up a notch.
I like to coordinate but I am even worse - I coordinate to my nail color - if I am wearing coral nail polish, then my makeup and outfit coordinate with my nails - oh, man - I guess I am very OCD!! LOL!!
My approach is usually to use colours that compliment my skin tone and features. I would sometimes use a colour that might compliment my outfit but the former is usually my approach.
i NEVER match my makeup to my outfit. that is just not my style i guess. as others have said, i do use "complementary" colors or styles of makeup to coordinate with my outfit, but i avoid matching colors like the plague.
Yes, totally! Although sometimes it's not so much matching as complementing (like if I'm wearing a black top, I won't be wearing black eyeshadow, but something neutral or something matching my accessories). Today it's green top and green and gold eyeshadow, it looks pretty good actually! :D
In the past I was a fan of matching my eyeshadow to whatever color shirt/dress I had on..nothing too over the top..if it was a purple shirt I'd do a purple smokey eye.. Now I tend to pick what I'm going to wear for the day and then decide on my makeup, but sometimes I'll get the urge to do something bold with my makeup. So I end up having to change my outfit in order for it to be more toned down.
Absolutely! I try to match from head to toe, makeup and lip color complimenting outfit; I even try to match nail color and underwear with the whole get-up! That's a consequence of being a Virgo! ;)
Haha. I have to say I like to not match the colors of my outfit but the "feel". Like if I'm going preppy, i'll wear preppy makeup(naturals, very clean). If I'm going a bit more on the wild side, my makeup will reflect that and I may be a little bit more colorful/smokey. And ME TOO. Totally dressed. Did my makeup like I wanted, and have changed my outfit.
I had to laugh about your wardrobe change after doing your make-up. I've had the same experience on more than one occasion. I don't do matchy-matchy, but I do like my colors to coordinate with what I'm wearing. I'm also influenced by the style of the clothes, the occasion, and the time of day.
I complement or coordinate my makeup to my outfit. And since I do my makeup first, there have been many times when I've changed my outfit based upon makeup that wouldn't go with it.
I don't really match but I try not to clash with my clothes. For instance, if I'm wearing a cool toned grey, I'd stay away from corals and oranges.
Yep, even with more neutral styles. If do a winged liner, I pick a vintage dress, if I do a neutral style, I pick a casual-sexy dress, if I do bright, I match the color family with at least one of the overarching tones. Usually the makeup comes before the outfit. Once in a blue moon, I'll have a hankering to wear that 80's suede dress with the crystal accents, and I'll decide to do my makeup in similar style to match. Usually it's vice versa though.
I consider the colours sometimes if I decide to use a coloured eyeliner and play up a colour in my outfit. But generally I don't know how to really match or compliment so I go neutral when in doubt. Sometimes if there's a make up look I want to try I'd plan my outfit around it (but that's rare).
Sometimes yep. For instance,I can have on a pink blouse and denim skirt. My eye makeup will be some pink somewhere
I don't really match. I usually do my make up first and just throw on whatever. If it looks terrible together or something I will change my outfit : )
Yes, I try to match my eyeshadow to my outfits most of the time. But if I don't have a lot of time or if the colors are too dramatic for where i'm going, i'll just do a neutral eye.
On the weekends yes because that's when I like to do my crazy eye looks. During the week I'm black or brown smokey and mostly neutral.
I'm like you Christine! makeup first, then outfit! unless there's something I'm wearing for a particular reason (dress for going to a wedding, costume party, etc) where I do the outfit first, then the makeup
I generally match my makeup to my outfit, but sometimes if I want to try a paticular makeup look I will match the clothes. One certainly drives the other, it just depends on which is more important for the outing, the clothes or the makeup!
Ah, Christine, I do the same thing! I always do my makeup before getting dressed so I don't mess up my clothes with foundation and powder. I also find that it's easier to match my clothes to my makeup than it is vice versa.

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